World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 1573 - 396: Mass Procurement (Part 2)

If Zhang Xiaoman and the others could stay here, he would certainly be the happiest of all.

As the Highest Administrative Officer of this planet, facing such a situation, he naturally hopes that he can stabilize the situation here.

Otherwise, if someone harbors ill intentions, their administrative office would be the first to be taken out.

"Ah, those damned Boneo Family parasites are starting to get restless again. It’s a pity these two can’t stay..."

Bati sighed inwardly.

But he also understood that the itinerary of the two Middle-level Controllers was not something he could interfere with.

Despite being deeply reluctant, he could only sigh silently.

After leaving the administrative office, Zhang Xiaoman and Ziwei began their procurement work.

The Highest Administrative Officer of Skull Star was quite considerate and quite adept at dealing with people.

He sent his assistant to help with the procurement the entire time, saving them a lot of trouble.

However, the situation was just as Ziwei initially anticipated; even with a local guide, completing the purchase plan on the list was still very difficult.

Not only had the Dark Web interrupted, losing most of the supply platforms, but the trading centers on Skull Star were either closed or deserted.

Those legitimate stores would not open for business at this time, obviously inviting robbery.

Only some mercenaries were still setting up stalls in the markets outside.

They prided themselves on their strength, unafraid of anyone targeting them, and instead took this time to crazily raise prices and reap a fortune.

Planning to return to the First Universe, Zhang Xiaoman decided to buy a lot of things at once as a material reserve.

Considering that it would be even more difficult to purchase in the future, he no longer acted so stingy as before.

He bought in large quantities, throwing Star Coins around, almost giving Ziwei a heart attack.

"Ji Xing! You are really too wasteful! This Cloud-climbing Vine used to cost at most one million Star Coins, but now it’s three million, and you still buy! And this Earth Spirit Essence, although it’s a very good Grade 2 material, shouldn’t be twenty million! That’s daylight robbery! How can you tolerate it! I really... really don’t know what to say to you!"

Zhang Xiaoman, seeing her look of heartache, couldn’t help but feel a headache.

This woman, how could she shamelessly call him wasteful?

However, he didn’t bother to argue with her.

These items were only going to get harder to buy, and most were preparation materials for his upcoming imprinting of the third Star Pattern.

For the sake of quickly enhancing his strength, he couldn’t worry about the price anymore.

Along the way, Ziwei kept nagging incessantly.

Zhang Xiaoman was defeated by her endless chatter and eventually found a chance to ditch her first.

It’s worth noting that although the world is dominated by Dark Spirit Technology, the integration of many low-level civilizations means it has a strong foundation in material technology as well.

For the Dark Star Alliance, much of the basic material science information may seem outdated, but if put on the Water Blue Star, it would definitely play a significant role in the development of its human civilization.

Indeed, compared to material technology, Dark Spirit Technology is superior, and Zhang Xiaoman naturally preferred to turn Water Blue Star towards the development of Dark Spirit Technology.

But the problem is, you can’t become successful all at once, even if you try to force progress, you can’t push it too hard.

In the development of Water Blue Star, there’s a transitional phase that cannot be skipped, and these relatively outdated methods in the eyes of the Dark Star Alliance serve as a necessary buffer.

Thus, these materials became invaluable treasures.

Zhang Xiaoman didn’t have the time to distinguish them one by one now, so he could only collect them all and sort them out after taking them back.

Fortunately, this planet has many very sophisticated methods of storing information.

Even such a vast database could be packaged up entirely by Zhang Xiaoman.

He acquired a batch of very advanced personal terminals from the Dark Spirit Association.

These terminals were intended for use when he returned.

Even if the First Universe couldn’t connect to the Dark Web, the terminals themselves had amazing functionalities; even used as an auxiliary function, they were especially effective.

These terminals, unlike the chip-style ones he had seen earlier, were small Light Balls, stored in tiny bottles.

According to the official personnel, using them was very simple.

Just pat the small Light Ball onto the back of your hand, and it becomes a small, concealable tattoo-like pattern that fuses with the body.

Once loaded with these personal terminals, the user can engage with the built-in System through their mental consciousness and operate it through mind control, very conveniently.

Knowing the function of these Light Balls, Zhang Xiaoman was quite amazed.

What are these personal terminals, really? They seem just like the Systems you find in online novels!

Speaking of which, the System that attached itself to him seemed to have a similar origin.

Maybe for an average person, these small Light Balls in his hands could create various protagonists’ Systems.

In any case, after trying them out himself, these Light Balls, once installed, were quite similar to the System in his mind.

They could also be removed at any time and provided him with various data analyses and information support, making them quite good helpers.

The only drawback was that this wasn’t just material technology anymore; it was the quintessence of Dark Spirit Technology, and naturally, the price wasn’t cheap.

Even with Zhang Xiaoman’s financial resources, he couldn’t afford many; getting a hundred was already his limit.

Finally, he visited a Spirit Plant Store.

The store was run by a good friend of Pique’s, located in a relatively safe area within the Dark Spirit Association, fortunately unharmed.

The Spirit Plant Store mainly sold various Spirit Plant seeds, which were relatively cheaper compared to finished products and were rare high-grade materials that could be purchased in bulk.

Zhang Xiaoman also bought all the available Earth Orbital Flower seeds in the store, totaling one hundred and two, each priced at three million.

Just these Earth Orbital Flower seeds alone cost Zhang Xiaoman at least three hundred million Star Coins, a considerable expenditure.

However, he had previously witnessed the power of the Earth Orbital Flowers.

With these as a planetary defensive measure, they provide great security for the planet itself.

Even in the face of sneak attacks, they give personnel on the planet ample response time, avoiding a direct off-guard assault from afar.

After purchasing, Zhang Xiaoman spent around hundreds of units of Star Dust, almost sweeping the market of all available materials, nearly making the eyes of Pique and Bati’s assistant pop out.

He now felt very glad he had the foresight to ditch Ziwei earlier; otherwise, if she knew how much he spent, she’d probably annoy him to death.

After purchasing, three days had already passed.

The reason it took so long was due to the initial chaos on Skull Star; it was only after the guards calmed the storm that it was practically two days later.

Thus, Zhang Xiaoman had only the third day to legitimately buy materials.

Ziwei waited at the administrative office for Zhang Xiaoman to come and meet, and upon meeting, she was fuming, ready to question him on why he ditched her and disappeared.

But after Zhang Xiaoman presented her with a set of Dark Spirit Armed Rings as a gift, she immediately forgot about her earlier displeasure and joyfully started to fiddle with her new gear.